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Scientific Name | Cliffortia perpendicularis C.M.Whitehouse |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ROSACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic |
Assessment Date | 2007/10/23 |
Assessor(s) | P.A. Manyama |
Justification | The three populations of this species appear identical despite the contrasting soil types. Population level studies of the species would be needed to determine if they share a common ancestry or represent a case of two cryptic apomictic species derived from hybridization. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Potberg and Elim. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Potberg Sandstone Fynbos, Elim Ferricrete Fynbos, Western Coastal Shale Band Vegetation |
Description | Fynbos in full sun on the acid sands from Table Mountain Series or clayish soil of Bokkeveld Series. 100-300m. |
Threats |
| One population is threatened by agriculture and quarrying, while the others are in danger of invasion by alien vegetation. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cliffortia perpendicularis C.M.Whitehouse | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Whitehouse, C.M. and Fellingham, A.C. 2007. New species and notes on the genus Cliffortia (Rosaceae). Bothalia 37(1):9-22.
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Citation |
| Manyama, P.A. 2007. Cliffortia perpendicularis C.M.Whitehouse. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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